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doublec4 MAR 22, 06:32 AM
Clutch bleeding made easy:
doublec4 MAR 29, 12:36 AM
Got my Corvette front brake brackets blasted and then TIG welded. Tomorrow I'm going to paint them and then hopefully get them on the car this weekend!
doublec4 MAR 29, 09:26 PM
Painted my aluminum brackets... aluminum.

Just wanted to seal them up and prevent any possible corrosion. Plus its shinier aluminum. Who doesn't like shiny things.

doublec4 MAR 30, 05:59 PM
Brakes fit great so far:



Just have to grind off some of the front of the caliper to clear my wheels. The shape of my spokes is causing the issue, not the actual inner diameter of the wheel. Maybe it's time for some new wheels soon

Calipers after grinding (obviously going to repaint before final install)



Making progress
doublec4 APR 02, 09:26 PM
Just a foreword to this post. If you're thinking about doing this brake swap, every application is different. Some may be very straightforward, and with others you may need to get creative. I really like my wheels (which are causing the fitment issues with the brakes) so I'm coming up with a few work arounds (ie. caliper grinding, the following adapters)....

So I took an adequate amount of material off the caliper but I just wasn't comfortable with only being able to slide a business card between the caliper and wheel. I've seen plenty of cars come that way from the factory, but I'd rather not chance it.

Ended up buying a pair of 5mm wheel spacers. Since I previously did the Lebaron swap, I have longer wheel studs up front anyways.

The problem I ran into was that with the thick rotors + the wheel spacers, my wheel rings no longer contacted the center bore of the hub. The outer diameter is too large to fit inside of the spacer, and even if it could, it would still not sit inside the wheel properly (too recessed). I still wanted to have the wheel nice and centered while I torqued the lugs down so I had to come up with another adapter ring that my wheel rings could snap onto.

In the following pictures you can see the wheel spacer (black), the wheel centering ring (red) and the adapter I designed. Think of the adapter as an extension of the center bore on the hub. It has a recess on the inside that snaps onto the center bore. Looking at it now, it will actually serve two purposes. It will center my wheel and the spacer. Another 3D printed part to the rescue!





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RCR APR 03, 06:33 PM
Thanx for the video, and nice job on the brakes.

Bob
doublec4 APR 04, 10:18 PM

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Originally posted by RCR:

Thanx for the video, and nice job on the brakes.

Bob



Thank you Bob!

Painted the new calipers today. They look nice in red, and I have to say that I did a really nice job with the angle grinder. With paint on there, you can't even tell material was taken off.

RCR APR 06, 09:54 AM
The ironic thing is that after reading your posts, I bought some salvage yard wheels to get the car rolling. They hit my calipers, like yours. I'm running a 13" rotor, using LS Camaro calipers.

I will be getting spacers to get it rolling again.

Bob
doublec4 APR 06, 03:16 PM

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Originally posted by RCR:

The ironic thing is that after reading your posts, I bought some salvage yard wheels to get the car rolling. They hit my calipers, like yours. I'm running a 13" rotor, using LS Camaro calipers.

I will be getting spacers to get it rolling again.

Bob



Spacers are definitely quick and easy. Grinding the calipers can work depending on how much contact there is.

Do you have an 88 or 84-87?
RCR APR 06, 06:58 PM
It's an 84, with 88 front suspension. As it turns out, my calipers need to be tucked in closer to the hub. I'll have to remake my brackets and add about an 1/8" spacer to the wheel hub.

Bob